The Virtues of Surah Al-Baqarah
Taken from Summarized English Translation of Tafseer Ibn Katheer p95
1. Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Do not turn your houses into graves. Verily, Shaytan does not enter the house where Surah Al-Baqarah is recited.” (Ahmad, Muslim)
2. Sahl bin Sa`d said that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Everything has a hump (or, high peek), and Al-Baqarah is the high peek of the Qur'an. Whoever recites Al-Baqarah at night in his house, then Shaytan will not enter that house for three nights. Whoever recites it during a day in his house, then Shaytan will not enter that house for three days.” This Hadith was collected by Abu Al-Qasim At-Tabarani, Abu Hatim Ibn Hibban in his Sahih and Ibn Marduwyah.
3. One of the noted men (or chiefs) commented, `By Allah! I did not learn Surah Al-Baqarah, for fear that I would not be able to implement it.’
4. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Learn the Qur'an and recite it, for the example of whoever learns the Qur'an, recites it and adheres to it, is the example of a bag that is full of musk whose scent fills the air. The example of whoever learns the Qur'an and then sleeps (i.e. lazy) while the Qur'an is in his memory, is the example of a bag that has musk, but is closed tight.” This is the wording collected by At-Tirmidhi, who said that this Hadith is Hasan.
5. Imam Ahmad said that Abu Nu`aym narrated to them that Bishr bin Muhajir said that Abdullah bin Buraydah narrated to him from his father, "I was sitting with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and I heard him say Learn Surah Al-Baqarah, because in learning it there is blessing, in ignoring it there is sorrow, and the sorceresses cannot memorize it. He kept silent for a while and then said, “Learn Surah Al-Baqarah and Al Imran because they are two lights and they shade their people on the Day of Resurrection, just as two clouds, two spaces of shade or two lines of (flying) birds.”
6. Imam Ahmad narrated that An-Nawwas bin Sam`an said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “On the Day of Resurrection the Qur'an and its people who used to implement it will be brought forth, preceded by Surah Al-Baqarah and Al Imran.”
7. An-Nawwas said, "The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم set three examples for these two Surahs and I did not forget these examples ever since. He said, They will come like two clouds, two dark shades or two lines of birds arguing on behalf of their people. It was also recorded in Sahih Muslim and At-Tirmidhi narrated this Hadith, which he rendered Hasan Gharib.
Taken from Summarized English Translation of Tafseer Ibn Katheer p95
1. Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Do not turn your houses into graves. Verily, Shaytan does not enter the house where Surah Al-Baqarah is recited.” (Ahmad, Muslim)
2. Sahl bin Sa`d said that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Everything has a hump (or, high peek), and Al-Baqarah is the high peek of the Qur'an. Whoever recites Al-Baqarah at night in his house, then Shaytan will not enter that house for three nights. Whoever recites it during a day in his house, then Shaytan will not enter that house for three days.” This Hadith was collected by Abu Al-Qasim At-Tabarani, Abu Hatim Ibn Hibban in his Sahih and Ibn Marduwyah.
3. One of the noted men (or chiefs) commented, `By Allah! I did not learn Surah Al-Baqarah, for fear that I would not be able to implement it.’
4. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Learn the Qur'an and recite it, for the example of whoever learns the Qur'an, recites it and adheres to it, is the example of a bag that is full of musk whose scent fills the air. The example of whoever learns the Qur'an and then sleeps (i.e. lazy) while the Qur'an is in his memory, is the example of a bag that has musk, but is closed tight.” This is the wording collected by At-Tirmidhi, who said that this Hadith is Hasan.
5. Imam Ahmad said that Abu Nu`aym narrated to them that Bishr bin Muhajir said that Abdullah bin Buraydah narrated to him from his father, "I was sitting with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and I heard him say Learn Surah Al-Baqarah, because in learning it there is blessing, in ignoring it there is sorrow, and the sorceresses cannot memorize it. He kept silent for a while and then said, “Learn Surah Al-Baqarah and Al Imran because they are two lights and they shade their people on the Day of Resurrection, just as two clouds, two spaces of shade or two lines of (flying) birds.”
6. Imam Ahmad narrated that An-Nawwas bin Sam`an said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “On the Day of Resurrection the Qur'an and its people who used to implement it will be brought forth, preceded by Surah Al-Baqarah and Al Imran.”
7. An-Nawwas said, "The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم set three examples for these two Surahs and I did not forget these examples ever since. He said, They will come like two clouds, two dark shades or two lines of birds arguing on behalf of their people. It was also recorded in Sahih Muslim and At-Tirmidhi narrated this Hadith, which he rendered Hasan Gharib.
